For whatever reason, some women are scared of their naked bodies. Listen, so am I. But the extent that people go to cover their body, while putting on clothes, is both heroic and disturbing. I’m talking a minimum of 3 towels, stacked onto each other, while she’s maneuvering her bra on.

We all have boobs, we know what they look like.

The nudist/pinup star

My locker room is pretty big and it’s walk from the far row of lockers to the shower. A few people like to take the walk totally bare. Then after showering, they’ll strut back.
Maybe they’ll get ready nude, which isn’t really a big deal.
The bending over and reaching into a locker gets awkward.
So does the boob lotioning.
So does the hair blow drying.
So does the vagina blow drying (really).

The variation of this person is the girl who gets half dressed and does her hair/makeup clothed from the waist down. Or in just a bra.
I’m nostalgic for this girl, she reminds me of my mom.

The hair salon

The extent to which some girls get ready is staggering. Their accouterments take up a carry on suitcase. They’ve got hot rollers, a curling iron, hair gels (?) and a laptop case of makeup/jewelry.
I’ve seen one lady get ready in the time in took me to work out, shower and get dressed.

The Russians

There are 2 blonde, hot Russian girls at the gym. They’re blonde and are never sweaty. Their makeup never smudges and they spend 20 minutes before every workout talking and drinking tea.
I think they’re strippers.

Me: I have to go to a bachelorette party with a bunch of girls this summer. It’s really dress up, in LA. 22 year old co-worker: Like ratchet? Me: What? I don’t..maybe, no? 22 year old: Sounds like yes.

2.) When moving into an apartment rental, replace curtains right away. Wall coverings take up so much space and you don’t want to live with the previous tenant’s choice of black, yellow or textured chiffon forever.

3.) Sames for the shower curtain. Also, rings > hooks.

4.) Budget for at least $500 in parking tickets.

5.) Plan on losing 6 hours of your life waiting for Comcast.

6.) Prepare to eat in your bed for 2 months, until you get a dining table.

7.) Enjoy wearing the same thing for an unforseen amount of time, because you have no idea where the laundry is.

The problem with the most recent episode of Girls isn’t that Lena Dubham is unattractive* and therefore undeserving of hooking up with a hot guy.

It’s that TV is escapism and if I wanted to see a girl who could lose 10 pounds getting after it with a dubiously appropriate sex partner** I’d look at my ceiling mirror.

*asterisk because I can’t be calling any one unattractive, c’mon. But I’m not down with that grrl power, “conventionally attractive” shit either.

**he was older. But that’s not what made him less than ideal. He’s not appropriate because her character is such a shitshow, her only appropriate hookup partner is like, a handy man she meets on the bus.

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